Biology 101

August 2, 2008

A lady at work who home schools her children makes Monarch Kits each summer. This year (after talking with her and being convinced!) I bought a kit for the girls to watch how caterpillers become Monarch butterflies. Rachel convinced me I could find milkweed (the ONLY thing these little guys eat) anywhere. I was the last to jump on the bandwagon, so we got the runts of the litter...(they were really looking pretty wimpy!!!) I bought a kit and brought our 4 little friends home on Thursday morning and promptly forgot about them! this AM I went outside to find their leaves terribly wilted, but the caterpillers were double in size. Off the girls and I went to Target today and I was in search of milkweed. After my fourth stop along the side of the road I found the elusive plant! (Can you imagine what people were thinking as this pregnant woman was wading thru weeds along the side of the road?!?!?!?) We came home and cleaned out the cage and gave them some new food. They all look happy. The point to all of this? I am going to document their growth on the blog for all to see. I never got photos of our baby birds, so I suppose I better keep track of our butterflies.......... More to come....Biology for all!! Happy Saturday!!